A capacitor component includes: a body including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode layer; and an external electrode disposed on the body, and connected to the internal electrode layer. A surface color of the body is R≤30, G≤30, B≤40 based on R/G/B, and a dielectric constant of the dielectric layer is 2000 or more and 4000 or less.

A ferrite sintered magnet comprising an M type Sr ferrite having a hexagonal structure as a main phase, wherein the ferrite sintered magnet comprises La and Co, a content of B is 0.005 to 0.9% by mass in terms of B.sub.2O.sub.3, a content of Zn is 0.01 to 1.2% by mass in terms of ZnO, and the ferrite sintered magnet satisfies [La]/[Zn]≤0.79 and [Co]/[Zn]≤0.67 when an atomic concentration of La is represented by [La], an atomic concentration of Co is represented by [Co], and an atomic concentration of Zn is represented by [Zn].

In an embodiment a ceramic material includes ZnO as main constituent, Y as a first additive, second additives including at least one compound containing a metal element, wherein the metal element is selected from the group consisting of Bi, Cr, Co, Mn, Ni and Sb, Si.sup.4+ as a first dopant and second dopants having at least one compound containing a metal cation from Al.sup.3+, B.sup.3+, or Ba.sup.2+, wherein a corresponds to a molar proportion of Bi calculated as Bi.sub.2O.sub.3, b corresponds to a molar proportion of Y calculated as Y.sub.2O.sub.3, c corresponds to a molar proportion of Al calculated as Al.sub.2O.sub.3, d corresponds to a molar proportion of Ba calculated as BaO, e corresponds to a molar proportion of B calculated as B.sub.2O.sub.3, f corresponds to a molar proportion of Si calculated as SiO.sub.2, g corresponds to a molar proportion of Ni calculated as NiO, h corresponds to a molar proportion of Co calculated as Co.sub.3O.sub.4, i corresponds to a molar proportion of Cr calculated as Cr.sub.2O.sub.3, j corresponds to a molar proportion of Sb calculated as Sb.sub.2O.sub.3, and k corresponds to a molar proportion of Mn calculated as Mn.sub.3O.sub.4.

A scintillation crystal can include Ln.sub.(1-y)RE.sub.yX.sub.3, wherein Ln represents a rare earth element, RE represents a different rare earth element, y has a value in a range of 0 to 1, and X represents a halogen. In an embodiment, RE is Ce, and the scintillation crystal is doped with Sr, Ba, or a mixture thereof at a concentration of at least approximately 0.0002 wt. %. In another embodiment, the scintillation crystal can have unexpectedly improved linearity and unexpectedly improved energy resolution properties. In a further embodiment, a radiation detection system can include the scintillation crystal, a photosensor, and an electronics device. Such a radiation detection system can be useful in a variety of radiation imaging applications.

A novel metal oxide or a novel sputtering target is provided. A sputtering target includes a conductive material and an insulating material. The insulating material includes an oxide, a nitride, or an oxynitride including an element M1. The element M1 is one or more kinds of elements selected from Al, Ga, Si, Mg, Zr, Be, and B. The conductive material includes an oxide, a nitride, or an oxynitride including indium and zinc. A metal oxide film is deposited using the sputtering target in which the conductive material and the insulating material are separated from each other.

Functionalized textile materials are provided. At least a portion of a textile surface in includes a ceramic material, such as a binderless porous structured ceramic, and optionally, one or more functional layer is applied, resulting in a textile material with one or more desirable functional properties, such as hydrophilicity, hydrophobicity, flame retardancy, photocatalysis, anti-fouling, and/or deodorant properties.

This ferrite magnet has a magnetoplumbite structure and is characterized in that, when representing the composition ratios of the total of each metal element A, R, Fe and Me with expression (1) A.sub.1-xR.sub.x(Fe.sub.12-yMe.sub.y).sub.z, the Fe.sup.2+ content (m) in the ferrite magnet is greater than 0.1 mass % and less than 5.4 mass % (in expression (1), A is at least one element selected from Sr, Ba, Ca and Pb; R is at least one element selected from the rare-earth elements (including Y) and Bi, and includes at least La, and Me is Co, or Co and Zn). The invention makes it possible to achieve a ferrite magnet with increased Br.

A method for achieving sintering of ceramics at room temperature is disclosed. The method includes steps of: providing ceramic green body; placing the ceramic green body into a sealed container containing water vapor to cause the ceramic green body to soak up the water vapor to obtain an aqueous ceramic green body; removing the aqueous ceramic green body from the sealed container, and connecting a power supply to the aqueous ceramic green body; applying a voltage to the aqueous ceramic green body; and increasing the voltage to a predetermined voltage value to cause a surface discharge or an internal discharge to occur on the aqueous ceramic green body, and stopping the power supply after a predetermined time, thereby obtaining a ceramic. A ceramic formed by the method is also disclosed.

The invention concerns a method for coating a core (1) for producing a turbomachine part (2) by isostatic compacting, for example a leading-edge shield of a blade, the coating method comprising the steps of:—S1: covering the core (1) by means of a first solution comprising a first refractory component configured to oppose the diffusion of species, the first component comprising a metal oxide,—S2: covering the core (1) by means of a second solution comprising a second component designed to bind the first component in such a way as to form a homogeneous layer, the second component comprising a mineral binder;—S3: applying a heat treatment to the covered core (1) in such a way as to dry the solution and solidify the coating.

A dielectric ceramic composition including a first component and a second component. The first component comprises an oxide of Ca of 0.00 mol % to 35.85 mol % an oxide of Sr of 0.00 mol % to 47.12 mol %, an oxide of Ba of 0.00 mol % to 51.22 mol %, an oxide of Ti of 0.00 mol % to 17.36 mol %, an oxide of Zr of 0.00 mol % to 17.36 mol %, an oxide of Sn of 0.00 mol % to 2.60 mol %, an oxide of Nb of 0.00 mol % to 35.32 mol %, an oxide of Ta of 0.00 mol % to 35.32 mol %, and an oxide of V of 0.00 mol % to 2.65 mol %. The second component includes (by mass) at least (a) an oxide of Mn of 0.005% to 3.500% and (b) one or both of an oxide of Cu of 0.080% to 20.000% and an oxide of Ru of 0.300% to 45.000%.